Let Us Draw Nigh! by Andrew Murray
The Way to a Life Abiding Continually in the Secret of God's Presence
The Way to a Life Abiding Continually in the Secret of God's Presence
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LET US DRA W NIGH 75<br />
XL<br />
Xet us provoke unto Xove*<br />
X.—24. And let us consider one another, to provoke<br />
unto love and good works.<br />
We have had the fulness offaith in which we are<br />
to draw nigh, and the confession of hope we are<br />
to hold fast ; now follows the third of the sister<br />
graces : <strong>Let</strong> us consider one another— let us<br />
prove our love and care for each other in the<br />
effort—to provoke unto love and good works.<br />
These three thoughts form the subdivisions of<br />
the practical part of the Epistle. Chap. xi. may<br />
well be headed, The fulness of faith; chap. xii.<br />
1-14, The patience of hope; and chap, xiii.,<br />
Love and good works.<br />
And let us consider one another. He that<br />
enters into the Holiest enters into the home of<br />
eternal love ; the air he breathes there is love<br />
the highest blessing he can receive there is a<br />
heart in which the love of God is shed abroad<br />
in power <strong>by</strong> the Holy Ghost, and which is on<br />
the path to be made perfect in love. That thou